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Even though members of the Karnataka state government have
provided broad assurances that they will drop
charges against Naveen Soorinje, the young journalist remains imprisoned two months after
he was arrested for exposing an assault on women by Hindu extremists. Welcome
to Incredible India, where a journalist can be locked up for documenting a
crime against women even as millions express outrage over medieval mindsets
following the fatal gang rape of a Delhi student in December.

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New York, November 9, 2012--An Indian television journalist
who documented a large-scale attack on young women and reported the episode to
police in Karnataka state has been charged with participating in the assault,
according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists considers the
arrest to be retaliatory and calls on authorities to drop the criminal charges and
release the reporter immediately.